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Title: What is the most cost effective polearm under 7k gold?
Post by: HardRice on July 22, 2012, 03:51:20 pm
I've been wondering, what is THE MOST cost effective polearm under 7k?

I'm going with the fauchard but i want to know if other people think differently.
Title: Re: What is the most cost effective polearm under 7k gold?
Post by: Rhekimos on July 22, 2012, 03:57:16 pm
The pitchfork. All the rest depends on your style and what you consider effective. If you just want to rack kills with your weapon and want it to be under 7k, grab a Long Bardiche.
Title: Re: What is the most cost effective polearm under 7k gold?
Post by: Joseph Porta on July 22, 2012, 04:05:41 pm
Fauchard is a great weapon, otherwise a hafted blade. I also use a long hafted knobbed mace, it's good fun swinging with that thing!
Title: Re: What is the most cost effective polearm under 7k gold?
Post by: Malaclypse on July 22, 2012, 06:21:55 pm
Long Bardiche is pretty nice. Good length, cut damage, bonus against shields, pierce thrust for rearing horses. I'm also a big fan of the Long Axe, great dueling polearm, and the Military Scythe is a very nice middle ground between Scythe and Glaive.
Title: Re: What is the most cost effective polearm under 7k gold?
Post by: Zerran on July 22, 2012, 07:15:11 pm
That depends... a lot.

Basically everything between the Hafted Blade and the Long Bardiche (excluding the Lance of course) are great infantry weapons. It just depends on your personal preference.
Title: Re: What is the most cost effective polearm under 7k gold?
Post by: Phew on July 22, 2012, 08:23:21 pm
Long Bardiche is pretty nice. Good length, cut damage, bonus against shields, pierce thrust for rearing horses. I'm also a big fan of the Long Axe, great dueling polearm, and the Military Scythe is a very nice middle ground between Scythe and Glaive.

Long Bardiche might be the best weapon in the game period, nonetheless cheap poles.
Title: Re: What is the most cost effective polearm under 7k gold?
Post by: Rantrex on July 22, 2012, 08:51:42 pm
Tried long spear?
Title: Re: What is the most cost effective polearm under 7k gold?
Post by: Bob_Ross on July 22, 2012, 08:53:36 pm
bamboo spear  :mrgreen:
Title: Re: What is the most cost effective polearm under 7k gold?
Post by: Grumbs on July 22, 2012, 09:39:34 pm
Long Bardiche is very good but don't think it does rear horses, remember someone saying it is 1 unit too short (need to be 141+)

Theres only a few polearms that I think are complete trash or not worth using over something else, they have their uses or are balanced with cost. Most of the spears are pretty decent (even boar spear for 1.2k, cheap war spear), bamboo spear for length, military scythe or fauchard as cheap glaive type weapons, quarter staff, both lances, pike, long spear, war spear, battle fork. All pretty decent weapons
Title: Re: What is the most cost effective polearm under 7k gold?
Post by: Joseph Porta on July 22, 2012, 09:53:46 pm
And, ofcourse, the Red Tassle spear is a more then decent spear.
Title: Re: What is the most cost effective polearm under 7k gold?
Post by: Jarlek on July 22, 2012, 10:32:12 pm
Long hafted knobbed mace.

Fast, blunt, knockdown, medium reach. What's not to love?
Title: Re: What is the most cost effective polearm under 7k gold?
Post by: yurah on July 23, 2012, 12:58:52 am
Long hafted knobbed mace.

Fast, blunt, knockdown, medium reach. What's not to love?

Agreed I've had at least 600 knockdowns when I was gen1
Title: Re: What is the most cost effective polearm under 7k gold?
Post by: dodnet on July 23, 2012, 01:59:43 am
Try out Light Lance, since the buff some months ago its an even better weapon than before. It has high damage and a high reach.
Title: Re: What is the most cost effective polearm under 7k gold?
Post by: Rhalzo on July 23, 2012, 02:06:56 am
Long Bardiche is very good but don't think it does rear horses, remember someone saying it is 1 unit too short (need to be 141+)

I think I've seen people rear horses with them before on NA1.
Title: Re: What is the most cost effective polearm under 7k gold?
Post by: Jarlek on July 23, 2012, 02:22:28 am
I think I've seen people rear horses with them before on NA1.
That was probably a GREAT Long Bardiche. That one is long enough to reach horses.
Title: Re: What is the most cost effective polearm under 7k gold?
Post by: KaMiKaZe_JoE on July 23, 2012, 02:30:15 am
Long spear is best spear. Just started using that bad boy.

Once GODDAMNSAMUELLJACKSON is at a high enough level, the pike's coming out. Huehueahea.
Title: Re: What is the most cost effective polearm under 7k gold?
Post by: Zerran on July 23, 2012, 05:17:35 am
Long spear is best spear. Just started using that bad boy.

Once GODDAMNSAMUELLJACKSON is at a high enough level, the pike's coming out. Huehueahea.

The butthurt the Pike causes is truly glorious.  :lol:
Title: Re: What is the most cost effective polearm under 7k gold?
Post by: CrazyCracka420 on July 23, 2012, 06:11:54 pm
Long Bardiche is pretty nice. Good length, cut damage, bonus against shields, pierce thrust for rearing horses. I'm also a big fan of the Long Axe, great dueling polearm, and the Military Scythe is a very nice middle ground between Scythe and Glaive.

Agreed, long bardiche is one of my favorite polearm weapons, and it's just under 7k, seems way underpriced, love the damage and the 140 length.
Title: Re: What is the most cost effective polearm under 7k gold?
Post by: HardRice on July 23, 2012, 11:28:45 pm
Thanks for the responses, never thought of giving that old bardiche a try.
Title: Re: What is the most cost effective polearm under 7k gold?
Post by: Rhaelys on July 24, 2012, 02:25:30 am
Long Bardiche is pretty nice. Good length, cut damage, bonus against shields, pierce thrust for rearing horses. I'm also a big fan of the Long Axe, great dueling polearm, and the Military Scythe is a very nice middle ground between Scythe and Glaive.

Long Bardiche can't rear horses because it's only 140 reach. Needs to be 141 or greater, like the Poleaxe.
Title: Re: What is the most cost effective polearm under 7k gold?
Post by: Malaclypse on July 24, 2012, 05:18:51 am
Long Bardiche can't rear horses because it's only 140 reach. Needs to be 141 or greater, like the Poleaxe.

Oh damn, that's a bummer.
Title: Re: What is the most cost effective polearm under 7k gold?
Post by: Zanze on July 24, 2012, 06:24:12 am
Longspear, light lance, long bardiche. All are AMAZING footman polearms for any class. (Pikeman, hoplite, 2h wolololo respectively)
Title: Re: What is the most cost effective polearm under 7k gold?
Post by: FRANK_THE_TANK on July 25, 2012, 10:20:16 am
Quarter Staff, everyone is wrong but me!
Title: Re: What is the most cost effective polearm under 7k gold?
Post by: Piok on July 25, 2012, 10:32:58 am
Light lance :shock: Faster  and stronger than bamboo and legit use on horse + couch. Great for horse thieves :idea:
Title: Re: What is the most cost effective polearm under 7k gold?
Post by: Rhaelys on July 25, 2012, 11:04:32 am
Light lance :shock: Faster  and stronger than bamboo and legit use on horse + couch. Great for horse thieves :idea:

Shorter, though. Bamboo fills a very special niche: longest 2 slot anti-cav weapon for infantry. A good weapon nonetheless, but their uses are different.
Title: Re: What is the most cost effective polearm under 7k gold?
Post by: Grumpy_Nic on July 25, 2012, 11:16:55 am
Quarterstaff is winner here. Good length + knockdown  :mrgreen:
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Title: Re: What is the most cost effective polearm under 7k gold?
Post by: Piok on July 25, 2012, 12:29:49 pm
Shorter, though. Bamboo fills a very special niche: longest 2 slot anti-cav weapon for infantry. A good weapon nonetheless, but their uses are different.
Yes but it still have enough lenght to be used as second line support weapon.
Title: Re: What is the most cost effective polearm under 7k gold?
Post by: Phew on July 25, 2012, 02:47:15 pm
I think I've seen people rear horses with them before on NA1.

It did back when I used it, but they changed the rear requirement to 141 length a couple patches ago. It does so much damage you can one-shot most horses with a right swing anyway. Long Bardiche does about 15-20% more damage than a Poleaxe on swings, while costing almost half. And you still get an adequate thrust attack (it's not deadly like on the poleaxe, but still a good change of pace).
Title: Re: What is the most cost effective polearm under 7k gold?
Post by: Herkkutatti666 on July 25, 2012, 03:06:45 pm
Short spear.
Title: Re: What is the most cost effective polearm under 7k gold?
Post by: Jarlek on July 25, 2012, 03:31:03 pm
Short spear.
"Spear" spear.
Title: Re: What is the most cost effective polearm under 7k gold?
Post by: dodnet on July 25, 2012, 03:37:02 pm
Shorter, though. Bamboo fills a very special niche: longest 2 slot anti-cav weapon for infantry. A good weapon nonetheless, but their uses are different.

Light Lance is fine for anti-cav too. You have to time it good, but its often underestimated. And after the speed buff a few month ago its a really good infantry weapon, fast and long. I started using it when I was cav a few gens and found it a good inf weapon too (slower back than). Its my favourite weapon now.